- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited (20 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843820080
- ISBN-13: 978-1843820086
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 15.7 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,207,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A first hand account of the strengths and weaknesses, of the genius and foibles, of the world's elite, graced by the most elegant prose, courtesy of Stahlberg , improved, if anything, by Harry Golombek's superb translation. The book is full of telling and memorable phrases.
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This review is from: Chess and Chess Masters: The Greatest Players of the Mid-20th Century (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)
Gideon Stahlberg was a Swedish Grandmaster who rocketed to fame when he won matches against Spielmann and Nimzowitsch in the early 1930s. Stahlberg went on to compete in the two World Championship Candidates Tournaments of 1950 and 1953. He was chief umpire for many World Championship matches in Moscow during the period of soviet hegemony. Those who knew him found him a witty companion who enjoyed good living and was also an expert bridge-player. His best chess games are marked by extreme elegance, as is his prose style. Chess and Chess Masters is a first hand account of the strengths and weaknesses, of the genius and foibles, of the world's elite, written by a man who met and played them all. This remarkable book is graced by the most elegant prose, courtesy of Stahlberg, improved, if anything, by Harry Golombek's superb translation. The book, full of telling and memorable phrases, consists of a series of brilliantly executed thumbnail sketches of such towering figures as Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosian, Nimzowitsch and Keres, along with beautifully annotated examples of their play.
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great work of chess literature,
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This review is from: Chess and Chess Masters: The Greatest Players of the Mid-20th Century (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)
very few chess books qualify also as great literature-masters of the chess board by reti-nimzowitschs my system perhaps-yet this book is certainly worthy to join them. it contains brief essays with games plus notes on the most important champions whom the author met-lasker capablanca alekhine euwe botvinnik and smyslov for example. the prose is elegant and every sketch tells a story. highly recommended for those who relish great chess wrting not just reams of moves in telephone directory style.
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Greatest Players of the mid 20th Century,
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This review is from: Chess and Chess Masters: The Greatest Players of the Mid-20th Century (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)
Written by a Swedish Grandmaster and translated with authoritative fluency, 'Chess and Chess Masters' by Gideon Strahlberg and Harry Golombek respectively, is a confident and interesting account of the great chess players which Strahlberg himself encountered and met. With a chapter on all the greats; Capablanca, Botvinnik, Euwe, Spielmann and Alekhine to name but a few, no chess library would be complete without it.
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